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n. and evian ferice, Notting to be i t 'iption ot tlie invention, ercliae Will enable otliere elfrilled in tl i l Vt to which it eiipertajineto malto and i if saine Tais in ven ion relates tf1 @le to? relativelypositioi'ii'ip; and tlie coni- 4d lieele.

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ponent litte i. looselyY neef...

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tiled areli 20. i919.. lig' tbe pre .i plica in Wliieli tlie lieele areplaced eo tliet tlie litte rest in looee order in torni coneietingY oi"a pluralitf.7 of? movable ali{.ningil jaws ii'liieli operate ineonjunction Witli eecli otlier to elle t tlie alineinent ot tbe lieol,liilite in two stagg ll'our iau'e are provid to tbe Sides ot tbelie-,el at dit? points While tittli jaw :fide-.plied l tbe rounded rearend tliereot. garce are moi/ed into an ini' il po preliiniinirilj.7position tlie li'lte i' are assembled in looee order end eulifie"quently. iaWS are elii'lil'ed into tinel alignposition.

lie primari' object ot ille preferil i veation if; to produce anellieient 2 l reliable dei/ico oli tbe general eliai'neliu' aboveileii'od to, Wliieli .is of Simple lind iiie,peiieive eonetii'uetion.,and Wl'iioli ie provided with n'ieane :for acting; independently uponeeeli ot tbe component lifts o" n loosely assemble-fl lieel to etleottlieir alineinent.

V lle tliie end piovieion .inzide 'tor receiving' a, lieel pile ollooeoljiT aeeen'ibled lille, in e. lieel toii'm having; aeiirtficeadapted to ene tbe breast edges ot tlie lilte? and 'for tore/ine, tlie.litte in a direction to aline their breast edges againet Said euriteeebjij' means; ot a niovable member lie-vine a plurality ot lit't engagingmembers which are laterally movable independentlj/v ot eieli other. Thelieel torni is pieterablyT arranged to receive tlie lieel pile betweenend supportin y preee ire-applying members and lateral edge guides.,with tlie breast the lneel resting upon a bed plate. The lifts arealined PATENT @Fritze inst tbe bed plate and with respect to tee lateraledge guides by Ineens ot a pluralitj;Y oil? pointed resilient lingersSWliicli are carried by tlie movable member that is neapted to beactuated to bringthe pointed oude ol,1 tbe lingere into engagement withthe rounded rear edges ot tlie individual lille and to prese 'lie liftstowards tlie bed plate. rauch lifts :1S are :ingularly disposed in theheel pile will be rotated about one corner by tlie pressure ot theirrespective lingers until i'u'operly positioned between tlie edge guidesand squarely alined egainst the bed plate, Certain otlior 'features Willbe hereinafter reifer-fred to in tlie description and pointed mit in tbeappended claims.

r.The preferred embodiment oic tbe invention is illustrated in tbeaccompanying druWine-s, in wliicli Figure l is a plan View ot tliedeviee in ite operative position; a TView in Sido elevation tliereot.Showingr the inoperative position oit the movable aligning;inelirunientnlities; Figi. 3 is e View in end elevation ot the device.looking from tlie iiirlit in l. Fie. l ie a View Similar ebow.4 tlie,elioning; instrul operel've posi ion: and l" ie View illustreting?.` tbetbe lieel litte 5 is a die@I manner ot aliAnnina Y,

lin tbe drawinfea lied plate en upwardly proie pei-tion il; VWliielisupporte a lined upright pressure plate (i. Resting; upon tbe bed plateopposite the plete (i ie e eooperating preeetu'e lilocl 8 Wliieli isfixed to one end ot ein operating); rod l0, tba-t is mounted to Slide inbearingl2 to actuate. the block S toward and Quitar troni the plate` (i.Secured to tlie bed plate at eacli Side ot tlie plete 6 and the bloolt 8are =guide bare M. The plate (i, tbe bloeliV 8., tbe ,Quide bare 'illand tlie bed platetorni respectively tlie tour Sides; and the bottom ota lieel form Wliicli is adapted to receive ay loosely assembled lieel16.. rlbe `ejuide bars 14 serve lateral edge guides for the lifts andare beveled as eliown in Figs. l. and 3 to facilitate tlie insertion olthe lieel pile into the torni. and they also diverge from tbe plate tlto accommodate tbe pitch ot the lieel pile. 'llie guide bars, as shownin l, are secured to the bed plate With provision for relativeadjustment to permit them to be adapted 'for use in connection with'heel pile. oit varying sizes and styles.

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The means for insuringl proper alinement of the lifts comprises avertically movable arm i8 carrying a plurality of bent resilient lingers20, the pointed ends of which are adapted to engage the rear roundededges of the lifts. The arm 18 is provided with a. handle 22 and ispivoted at 2li between ears 2G of a member 2'? rising` from the bedplate. The lingers 20, of which there is one for each lift in the heelthat is to be operated upon. are arranged in a row with their upper encs clamped between a pair of plates by means of bolts 30 which serve alsoto secure the clamping plates 2S to the arm i8. The fingers are adjustedto engage their respective lifts when the arm 18 is in operativeposition as indicated in Fig. fl, and they are spaced apart so as to befree to yield laterally independently of each other in order that theymay participate in. the rotating movement of any angularly displacedlifts and oder no resistance thereto. Each finger 20 is bent or bowedYlaterally in the plane of the lift which it is arranged to engage, asillustrated clearly in 3. in order that it may yield vertically when putunder pressure, thereby insuring a substantially even application ofpressure to each lift.

Normally the arm i8 occupies an inoper: tive position against a stop 3Qforming a part of the member Qi', as indicated in ll E2. but it isadapted to be swung downwardly by means of the handle into the positionshown in llig. 4, so as to bring the lower pointed ends of the lingers2O into engagement with the rear edges of the lifts, and to press thelifts downwardly between the beveled edge guides until their breastedges rest, squarely upon the bed plate. As pressure applied to the arm18, the ability of the liuge"s 2O to yield in the direction of theirmovement will insure that each of the component lifts of the heel willbe indepei'u'leully en ;,aged and pressed toward th` bed plate. 'lhelingers 20, by reason of their .ility lo yield laterally, in the planesof the lifts. will also cause such lifts as may he angularly disposed inthe heel pile to :lfeverallj: rotated about one corner until the breastedges thereoll are properly alined against 1the bed plate. ln this wayall of lhe lifts are acted upon in a manner to inlnoper alinement. Thepointed @nos of the lingers preventJ them from slipping sidewise fromthe rounded edges of the lifgs as the lifts are being brought intoahnement. rllhe pointed lift engaging ends of the lingers normally liein the central `vertical longitiulinal plane of the heel form, butduring the process of aligning the lifts.v

the lingers are permitted to yield laterallv as required by the changeof` angular posi tion of the lifts. i

The manner in which an angularly disposed lift is rotated about one of.its corners in mder to bring its breast edge squarely n ainst the bedplate is illustrated by Fig. 5.

e full lines in this ligure indicate an aligning linger as it appearswhile engaging an angular-ly disposed lift, before it has imparted anyrotating movement thereto. The dotted lines represent the positions ofthe lif and the linger after the lift has been rotated into position. Itwill be apparent that there will be no frictional rubbing of vthealigning linger over the rear edge of who lift engm'ed thereby, whilethe lift 1s beine' rolalet, as would be the case if the ig member weremovable only in a single plz-uic. Consequently instead of offering am.'resi innee to the angular movement he libs. the resilient lingersparticipate in said movement and a positive and perfect alinement isassured.

lfhen the lifts have all been brought into proper aline-ment, pressureis applied to the D through the rod l0 by any suitable bloei: o means7not shown in the drawing', so as to hold the lifts .firmly while theyare being permanenti secured together by the driviro of a na .l throughthe pile from the top lilA to the base lift. As shown in Fig. f2, theplate G ca es a nail throat 34, which is mounted in the member 27between the ars 26 and parallel to the bed plate, through which nailsmay be driven into the heel pile by a nail driver 36 which may beoperated by.' any usual or suitable means.

llvlhile the drawings illustrate the invention as embodied in a deviceadapted to re eeive a stach of lifts in upright position upon ahorizontal support, it is to be understood that the invention is notlimited to :h an arrangement, as it may equally well :e embodied in adevice adapted to receive f i rate upon the lifts while they are in:contal or any other position. The s of construction may also bevariously modilied without departing from the spirit ol' llw imeution asdefined in the following claims.

llfaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. 5r1ieel lift aligning device having, in combination. a form adapted toreceive a loosely assembled heel, and mea-ns capable of lateral movementfor acting independently upon each of the component lifts of the heel toelfen-t their alinement.

2. heel lift aligning device having, in combination. a form adapted toreceive a loosely assembled heel, and means capable o t'- engaging theedge of each of the component lifts of the heel. and yielding laterallyto permit edgewise angular movement of the lifts for insuring theindividual positioning' thereof.

3. A heel lift aligning device having, in combination. a form adapted toreceive a loosely assembled heel, and means compris- :meetelt in allnliifeetions l, ie component Y f elinement znnl lfmrixpiwsingf roundedieni efnef ot the ig'espevtive lifts of tlie heel toi eflieetii 'thelfi'nfi-f 'l' poft.

5. heel li'l't ming device lint eoinllimtioin n snif/poi-U oll theminponent lil'ts ef :l looselyv hled heel Ineens fiolnmintiininfgg seidli in stacked ifeletioin and movnle ineens coni pi'lsinp e pllmilit);Yoli meinliets I)ted to sefeielly `end independentllY engage the ifonndedteni' edges of the respective lifts the heel loi' effecting' thenlinenient of the hireest s thereoil against snifl snppoit. snfiemenihei's heine; indepenfilentlv dnptel to Yield both in the difeetionoli theii movement end lntei'nll! thereofe in the plaines oit theliilits.

6. A heel litt aligning devine having', in ooinliinatioin e l-'ormadapted to receive a loosel,7 assembled heelVn and ineens eoinpifirfine' :t pli'nelity o'l irositionlnn' meinbeis ndepted tot independentlnteii'el movement and eiranged to engage the rounded tenti' edges ofthe lifts for positioning;- the vom ponent lifts oli the heel Ywiththeir lii'enst ednes in elinenient.

i7. heel litt nligninn' devine lin-winni in voinl'nnntion`q n L.toi-inndnpted to vom? loos lv assembled heet cmd means wenn?? inpj nplnielit.v ol lingers oit resilient ninteiinil streng-eed to engage therounded Veni' @flejes of the litts toi' positionin j the coniponentlitts o'l' the heel with their lneefvzt ednjes in alinement.

l fl heel lift aligning! deviee liswinsr. in oonihinsttion.. a snppoittot the lnonst edges ot the Component litts of looselyY nssemhleill'ieeh ineens liei maintaining seid lifts in stziolml Telntion andmovehle e ns Qompiisinp; s plnielitv of lingers ot iesilient inel ted toen fen'e the ionnded reali? tot the hrees ter-itil 5 edges ot the lifts'loi nl ming; the hteest edpes ow 'the lifts nffjfiinst d snppot.

l /l heel llitt nlihninq device liwviiip;n in eomhinntioin e supporttoi' the lnefist eflejes el the component lifts oilI e loosely7essenhlecl heet means foi? snppmftinnj the enfl enne A{luidt-2s foi?positioninn the litt-s lntelnlln enel. means comprisingF n plnifelitg7foi resilient ninlieinl i'oinided rear e lnenst e e lyon1 Yeni' oit theheel.. and a plurality oli i'esilien;1

lingers vzii'ii d hy 'the m'ni and finned to lie lnoli t into en gementwith 'the ieel edges oit the lifts lo eline tlien against seid snppoil',

l'l. .fl lieel lift aligning; device havingq in eoinliinetlein n`snppoi't for the l feast edges of the component li'its ot n. looealyassembled` heelq Ineens vl'ol' ,f-snppetling the eml li'litsA niovnhlemeans eonipi'is e plnifn'lity oil -esilient 'linnets edepted to engagell ionnded iena' edges ot the lifts end to yield in all directions inthe planes of the lilits tot :1li gning the lfireest edges ol' the liftsmeinst 1p seid snppoit? and ineens toi' securing); the lifts toe'etliei.

l2. il., heel litt aligning; device lievinp; in

heel nienns 'toi' supporting); the end liitts, and means comprising eplnifelity ol tingeiis ndnpted to en the ioi'lnded rem edges ol thelifts toi: oieinq the breast edges of the li'tts against seid supporteneli ngei' heine; leent lnteinlljv subst/enti:illyv the plane oi"- theliz-t engjnfged tlierelojv to peiniit the linnjei to wield. nnde`ptessnle.

ll. heel lilit :aligning devine having in emnliinntioit means seeinInhieh the breast ednje ot the litt is to he positioned, end movnluleineens comprising' e resilient 'linger for in the ionn .fled veel edneoli ie lift end .1 lnenst ed into engagement with seid Vliist ineensseid iinn'ei hein@ adapted to veld hoth in the dieetion ol its movementend lnternllv thereof in the plnne olf the litt l5, heel litt nlle'ninpdevine having;` in fiomhination l snppot 'tot' the hienst edges olZ theromp nent li'lits ott loosely nssenhled l toi' peintsininn' the litt-1*means comprisingnl iriln'elitv olf memheis ,'etl te Yield leteiiellw inthe planes et the lifts. said members being severally adapted to engagethe rear edges of the respective lifts and servingf in conjunction withsaid other means to laterally aline tlie component lifts of tlie lieeland to force tlie breast edges thereof into engagement vfiili saidbreast support.

16. A lieel lift aligning` device having7 in combination, means adaptedto receive a loosely assembled lieel, means comprisinga plurality` ofmembers constructed to neuetrate the rounded rear edges of the lifts.and means for pressing said members against tlie lifts.

17. A. lieel lift aligning device liavino;7 in combination.r meansadapted to receive a looseliY assembled heel. including' a breast gage,and means for seating irreg ularljyvv placed lifts against said breastgage comprising flexible metallic fingers sullicient in number to engageeach lift and each pro- .vided With a sharnened end to enter tile liftsat tlieir rounded rear edges.

18. A. lieel lift aligning device having, in combination, means adaptedto receive a loosely assembled heel, including a breast gage, and meansfor seating irregularly placed lifts against said breast gage comprisingmeans for positively engaging said lifts and movable laterally witli thelifts they turn to proper position.

19. A heel` lift aligning` device having', in combination. a form invfliicli a loosely as sembled lieel is placed with the breast edgestliereof directed toward a plate forming; a breast gage. a device attlie rear edges of the lifts for seating; irregularly placed liftsagainst said plate comprising; a series ef pointed fingers for tlielifts. and a lever movable toward and from the heel on which saidlingers are supported.

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